Fringe-tailed Gerbil

Taxobox
name = Fringe-tailed Gerbil
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Gerbilliscus"
species = "G. robustus"
binomial = "Gerbilliscus robustus"
binomial_authority = (Cretzschmar, 1826)
synonyms = The Fringe-tailed Gerbil ("Gerbilliscus robustus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, possibly Cameroon, and possibly Nigeria.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land and urban areas.

References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
* Schlitter, D. & Granjon, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21519/all Tatera robusta] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.